Crooks and Liars

Remember Christian Cooper? He was the Black man who went to Central Park to do some bird watching and was harassed by a dog-abusing Karen. This particular Karen, Amy Cooper, was dealt some instant karma when she lost her job. She then got a second dose of…

Monkeypox is barely a presence in America, and it may never be widespread here, but right-wing edgelords are already hard at work on monkeypox denialism. Here's Arizona state senator Wendy Rogers, an election truther who's a star on the right:…

Kremlin propagandist Aleksandr ‘Sasha’ Kots is often embedded with Russian forces in Ukraine, cheerleading their wanton destruction. But it seems he recently got too carried away, inadvertently revealing their position during a live report. It didn't take…

Doug Mastriano, the Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial nominee, did not need Donald Trump to turn him into a paranoid conspiracy theorist. He was there decades ago, a Washington Post report on Mastriano’s 2001 master’s thesis shows.…

Republican Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) suggested over the weekend that President Joe Biden is to blame because "Kansas is no longer a border state."…

On Fox News' Media Buzz, Fox News' Julie Banderas claimed there was no such thing as the "Great Replacement Theory" and it's only a conspiracy.…

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) suggested that "racial politics" and government forms could be to blame for white supremacy in the United States.…

According to Senator Bill Cassidy, Louisiana doesn't have a problem with infant mortality, though it has one of the worst rates in the nation. No, the real problem is that there are just so many Blacks in Louisiana, and that affects their overall rate. Black…

Sure, it's just one concert and it's a lot easier to be brave among a faceless crowd but still somewhat reassuring that there is at least some opposition to Putin's madness in Ukraine. Russia has made it a crime to criticize the war, or even to use the word…

Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel suggested that outgoing Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) had been watching too much Star Wars after he rallied "Dark MAGA" forces over his loss in the GOP primary.…

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On Friday evening's Real-Time with Bill Maher on HBO, the discussion turned to the many despicable statements against the Democratic Party Republicans are spewing.…

Former White House adviser Kellyanne Conway on Sunday said that Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election because "God had his way."…

Russia has created a "persona non-grata" list of politicians, journalists, tech executives and American citizens who are permanently banned. The Washington Post is reporting that Russia has banned 963 people, including Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Secretary of…

During the gubernatorial primary campaign that ended on Tuesday in Pennsylvania, Democrat Josh Shapiro, the favorite to win his primary, ran ads portraying Republican candidate Doug Mastriano as too extreme and Trumpy to win. Mastriano went on to win on the…

On this date in 2017 Drake broke Adele's record for the most wins at the Billboard Music Awards…

OMG, Susan Collins is such a damn fool and two-faced liar. She totally deserves the chalk drawing mockery she's getting. As I tweeted last week from the Bans Off Our Bodies Rally in Los Angeles, the LAPD were watching us like hawks when we picked up the…

Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar released his long anticipated new album Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers last week and I’ve been listening nonstop. Tonight’s selection is my favorite. It’s a window into a couple’s argument and it’s intense,…

Before 'Orest,' as he's known online, was captured by the Russians he left behind his pictures from inside the hell that was Azostal in a thumb drive. Not much is known about where the prisoners are now or what will become of them. Russia has also said it…

Brazen lying is nothing new on Russian state television. It's what they do, 24/7. And those better at it, like Margarita Simonian, are made fabulously wealthy as a result. And here, there is even some truth in what she's saying. Had Russia used nuclear weapons…

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Not long after the DOJ requested all the January 6th committee’s transcripts, Rudy Giuliani suddenly changed his mind about testifying.…

Evangelical MAGA cultists are trying to ride the coattails of San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, who is banning Speaker Pelosi from receiving communion for supporting a woman's 's right to choose.…

According to reports, flight records and itineraries, Tikhonov, Zelensky, the child, nannies and security guards were on the flights and that Putin's daughter had "flown to Munich more than 50 times" in two years. Ironically, Igor Zelensky is said to be close…

State Rep. Daire Rendon of Michigan’s 103rd District has been your run-of-the-mill ultra-right-wing MAGA Republican since entering office in 2017. She has worked on supporting bills that would gut teachers’ pensions under the guise of who the hell knows.…